politician member of the Parliament of Norway
In 1947 he graduated from the University of Oslo with the candidate.jur.
He began his career in 1939 as a teacher in Hamarøy and later Øksnes. degree. Having worked as a secretary for the tax inspector while studying in Oslo, he moved to Troms in 1948 to work in the county administration. In 1954 he was appointed chief administrative officer (rådmann) in Nord-Rana municipality.
When Nord-Rana municipality ceased to exist in 1963, With became chief financial officer in its successor municipality Rana.
He had this job to 1982. He served as a deputy representative to the Norwegian Parliament from Nordland during the terms 1961–1965 and 1969–1973.
In 1973 he was elected to a regular seat, and he was re-elected in 1977 and 1981 to serve for two more terms. He was engaged in forming health care and social policy.
From 1985 to 1991 he served as County Governor of Nordland.
He was also active in the Norwegian Missionary Society, Young Men’s Christian Association and temperance organizations. Odd With was the son of bailiff Carl Henrik Arneberg With and housewife Aagot, née Scherffenberg, both of whom died in the 1950s.
From 1974 to 1978 he was a member of the central party committee (sentralstyre) from 1969 to 1973 and of the national party board (landsstyre) from 1973 to 1985. He then moved to Bærum, and was a member of the board of the municipal party chapter from 1992 to 1994 and of the county party chapter from 1993 to 1995. He was a member of the board of the Christian newspaper Vårt Land from 1964 to 1984 and of the MF Norwegian School of Theology from 1969 to 1977.